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Kim Nam-joon (Hangul: 김남준) better known as RM (changed from Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. iloverm

He is the leader and the main rapper of the South Korean boy group BTS, and made his debut on June 13, 2013, as a member of BTS on Mnet's M! Countdown with the track "No More Dream" from their debut single album '2 Cool 4 Skool'. Together with the members of BTS, he went on to win a series of awards and performed at several events such as the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA). He has released two solo mixtapes, his first one, 'RM', was released in 2015. Since then, he also released a mixtape called mono. in 2018. He has successfully made his mixtape on the charts with the power and emotional connection that comes from the music.

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RM was born on 12 September 1994 in Ilsan-gu, Goyang, South Korea. He grew up with his younger sister, Kim Geong Min in Seoul. During his primary school day, he was impressed by uniforms and wanted to be a security guard of a housing society.

He attended Global Cyber University and majored with honours in Broadcasting and Performing Art. He was among the top rankers in the national school exam and had a TOEIC score of over 900, which is commendable. He also has a very high IQ of 148.

He learned and also picked up fluent English by watching popular American sitcoms like ‘Friends’. He also studied in New Zealand for a while and self-taught himself English which he considered essential.

Considering his academic performance, his parents expected him to take up a regular job. However, his love for music and the company he kept prevailed and he convinced his parents to allow him to become a full-time rapper. He was already writing lyrics that were quite popular while in school.

According to him, rapping helped him get over the stress of his family back in Seoul that he left for BTS (Bangtan) in 2013.

As a lead artist, his numbers ‘Fantastic Feat’ from the album ‘Fantastic Four’ and ‘Reflection’ from the album ‘Wings’ have been listed as hits on the music charts of South Korea.

His popular songs performed in collaboration with other artists include ‘Perfect Christmas’ with Jo Kwon, Lim Jeong-hee, Joohee, and Jungkook and his international hot favorite ‘Please Don’t Die’ with Warren G.

He released the mixtape, ‘RM’ in March 2015 under the label of ‘Big Hit Entertainment’ in digital download format on the internet.

He has made a number of music videos that include ‘School of Tears’ (2012), ‘Adult Child’ (2013), ‘Do You’ (2014), ‘Bucku Bucku’ (2015) and his latest music video ‘Change’ in 2017.

He has also appeared on the television shows ‘4things Show – Rap Monster’, ‘Hot Brain: Problematic Men’ ‘Close-up Observation Diary on Idol : Find Me’ and ‘Gura-Chacha : Time Slip – New Boy’.

On Oct 23, 2018, he released a second mixtape/playlist titled 'Mono'.

Awards & Achievements

In 2013, RM (Formally Rap Monster) was congratulated at the Golden Disk Awards and Melon Music Awards.

Again in 2013, he gained recognition at the Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards and Seoul Music Awards

He is also called ‘Rap Monster’, ‘Rapmon’, 'Leader Mon' ‘God of Destruction’ by his fans.

He was known to always end up breaking things that were repaired by Suga.

He is also accident prone and often gets hurt saying that "The fans don't hurt me, I hurt myself".

His favorite food is Korean knife noodles and he is a great fan of the computer game ‘Maple Story’

He is a great supporter of the LGBTQ+ community.

RM's BT21 character is a Koala named Koya. Koya is always seen thinking with a sleepy expression. Koya has a purple nose because of the infamous saying V said in a concert, "I Purple you”, which shows their love and support to the ARMY.

His favorite character is Ryan from Kakao Friends/Talk.

He has lost his passport multiple times.

BTS has been around since 2010, but they debuted in 2013 because of the constant member changeup. RM is the only member left from the original line up.

His dog's name is Rap Mon.

His ideal type is someone who is sweet, feminine, smart, and has a nice voice.

RM had to quit Problematic Men because of how popular they got. However, he made a brief appearance for the 1 year anniversary of the show as the cast called him.

RM revealed that he spent most of his life as 'RM' and barely got to be Kim Namjoon. He admitted being very occupied and busy with idol life is hard, barely being able to spend time with family, friends, and do activities as a "normal" person would be able to do. He also mentioned that he feels sad and lonely at times and a way to cope with it is to express his thoughts and emotions through music. (Burn The Stage EP. 3 & 6)

He claims to have never been successfully able to blow a bubble with bubblegum. (Run BTS! EP.50)

He is currently the only member who doesn't have a driver's license.

His main goal in life is to truly love himself.

Namjoon changed his stage name from Rap Monster to RM last year. He felt that he outgrew his old stage name and thought that it was childish. He changed it to 'RM' which still has the initials of his old name but it stands for “Real Me”.

When asked what is his favorite hair color that he's tried before, he said he likes silver the most. (Buzzfeed Puppy Interview 2018)